As of 2008, WoW had more than 9 million active worldwide subscribers. According to one of Yee’s 2005 studies, 84% of WoW players are male and 16% are female. The average age is 28 years old, and female players tend to be older than male players. Regardless of their gender, the typical hours spent playing this game is an average of 21 to 22 hours a week.
Guild Characters, Source: Guild Wars Official Wiki
Guilds offer many benefits including free items, opportunities for groups, and readily available trade skill ingredients through gathering Guild members. Guilds greatly enhance your gameplay experience. You can meet friends, share adventures, and find people to protect you if you fight in faction versus faction combat. Typically, players in good guilds can go places and do things those players in poor guilds or no guild, can’t do. Finding a Guild can be very easy, but trying to find a quality guild can be a little more difficult. Players have the ability to shop around; join one Guild, try it out, then leave if it doesn’t suit your needs. There are many different ways to find a Guild. Here are a few sites that will make your recruitment easier: Guild Recruitment Channel in the game, Watch the Trade Channel in game for recruiting guild messages, check WoW Forums, use Guild community providers to find Guilds that are recruiting players of your class.
Guilds can range from all sizes, and size can be a factor when choosing your particular Guild. Guilds that are larger tend to be less organized and less powerful. Smaller guilds over to be preferred then larger guilds and are more personal; such as Travis Fulton’s Guild called First Legion Germanica. A small Guild can range from 100 members or less, but less than 50 members is extremely small. A large guild is more than 100 members. In the end, Guild size is important. However, what is even more essential, is the amount of regular online activity of members. You want a Guild with active members. That will increase opportunities within the guild.
Qualities of positive guild behavior:
– Good Leadership- establishing strong rules and being able to resolve conflict.
– Generous- have to willing to be share items and help other team members out.
– Similar style- guilds that have similar skills and traits will go a long way.
In the end, do some research. Shop around and keep trying to find a good Guild that fits your similar skill levels. There are thousands of Guilds out there; you just have to find them.
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